Cultural protective and risk factors: Professional perspectives about child sexual abuse in Kenya

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 524-532

  Plummer, Carol A ^a   Njuguna, Wambui ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ANPPCAN Regional Office   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Abuse and neglect in Africa; Child abuse; Culture; Sexual abuse

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD SAFETY; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; KENYA; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349216316     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2009.02.005     Document Type: Article

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